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Kurt Charlton was employed at a Perth primary school last year, during which it is alleged he offended against young children he was babysitting.
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Crime

Parents’ shock at alleged paedophile teacher’s arrest

Kurt Charlton is alleged to have sexually assaulted young children in his care as a babysitter but parents whose children were taught by the 28-year-old are concerned his alleged offending may have reached further.

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
The Greens will move a motion in the Upper House later today.
Greens

Political odd couple unite to threaten WA Labor’s five-year upper house streak

  • by Hamish Hastie
Black cockatoos are in dire straits across WA.
Endangered species

Carnaby’s carnage laid bare in ongoing fallout from WA’s horror summer

  • by Emma Young
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a visit to view the Collie Battery Energy Storage System at the Collie Power Station during the federal election campaign this year. Storage is one thing, a new report warns, but more renewable generation is needed.
Renewables

With coal’s demise in WA set, can renewables step up?

  • by Hamish Hastie
Queensland residents Naomi Nettleton and her daughter Isobel Nettleton-Hart were passengers on Qantas flight QF33.
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Middle East at war

Perth to Paris passengers in the dark but thankful after 15-hour round trip

  • by Hamish Hastie
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Politics

Killer Mark Bombara, inset, legally owned 13 guns before he carried out a horrific double-murder suicide in Floreat last year.
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CCC

Corruption watchdog to probe why Floreat murderer was given gun licence

The Corruption and Crime Commission report said the Internal Affairs investigation was reasonable, as were the findings against the officers.

  • by Hamish Hastie
The Greens will move a motion in the Upper House later today.
Greens

Political odd couple unite to threaten WA Labor’s five-year upper house streak

If Labor doesn’t support the motion, it will be the first time the party has lost a vote in either house since before the 2021 election.

  • by Hamish Hastie
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a visit to view the Collie Battery Energy Storage System at the Collie Power Station during the federal election campaign this year. Storage is one thing, a new report warns, but more renewable generation is needed.
Renewables

With coal’s demise in WA set, can renewables step up to fill the gap?

  • by Hamish Hastie
Premier Roger Cook and the rest of the WA political class have been given a 3.5 per cent pay rise.
Opinion
Politicians' perks

Roger Cook’s getting paid another $13k a year. Here’s what he should spend it on

  • by Hamish Hastie
Bare knuckle boxing organisers have broken their silence.
World Boxing

Bare knuckle boxing group breaks silence over Perth fight rejection

  • by Hamish Hastie

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